But after speaking to student campaign group Bath Students Against Fees and Cuts about their demands for reform of the management and governance of the university, the event has been moved to Twerton Park.

Mr Loach said: “All of us who made 'I, Daniel Blake' share the students’ concerns and support their campaign wholeheartedly.

“We have therefore taken the difficult decision to relocate the screening of I, Daniel Blake to the Bath City FC Twerton Park ground.”

Speaking at a public lecture on Friday night at the Assembly Rooms, Mr Loach discussed vice-chancellor Glynis Bakewell’s £451,000 salary and university employee’s “insecure” contracts.

Ken Loach has moved the screening of I, Daniel Blake to Twerton Park

He said: “The university does not pay the living wage.

“74 per cent of academic staff are on insecure contracts.

“Meanwhile the university votes for higher student fees and higher cost of student accommodation.

Bath Students Against Fees and Cuts released a statement, saying: “Students contacted Loach to express their anger at the behaviour of the university’s senior managers and governors.

“I, Daniel Blake is a film that many of us care deeply about and would want to attend, but we could not support an event about the cruelty of social and economic inequality when it is being hosted at a university run by people who perpetuate both so blatantly.”

Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell has led the University of Bath since 2001

"The Vice Chancellor at University of Bath, Glynis Breakwell, is taking home over £450,000 a year while living rent-free, expenses paid, in a luxury house paid for by student fees and public money.

“In contrast, students struggle with rising fees and unaffordable rents while staff have seen their pay cut by almost a fifth in recent years and many are trapped on zero hour contracts.

“The inequality is staggering. Lots of students and staff are worried about speaking out and we are grateful to Ken Loach for giving us a platform.”

Mr Loach is urging the public to back the campaign group, saying he supports the demands for:

The resignation of the vice-chancellor and senior governors

The introduction of a maximum pay ratio so managers cannot earn more than ten times the lowest paid staff

A cut in the cost of on-campus accommodation

A reform of governance to give students and staff more control.

I, Daniel Blake tells the story of a widower caught up in a bureaucratic nightmare trying to navigate the benefits system.

A statement from the University of Bath said: “We are aware that Mr Loach has moved the venue of the film screening and he is entitled to his views.

"The university has an ongoing and constructive relationship with the student community.

"Two members of the Students’ Union are members of Council, our governing body.”